Talk of the Town: Pierre pays the price for nostalgia

IT MAY the decade that style forgot, but that hasn't stopped a revival of all things 80s, and now a Capital restaurant is planning it's own 80s revival - by turning back its price.

Diners will pay 1988 prices at Pierre Levicky's restaurants in the city next week.

The international restaurateur is bringing back the 1988 prices, for one day only, next Tuesday.

Pierre and his team will be serving a three-course meal from noon until late for just 5.90.

Luckily for the diners, they won't need to be sporting big hair and shoulder pads to get the offer.

A new slant on church coffee mornings

MOVE over skinny latte, there's a new coffee king in town - the Moderator's Mocha.

The Moderator of the Church of Scotland, John Christie, is try his hand as a barista this week to raise awareness of how small-scale coffee farmers in Nicaragua have been supported by Christian Aid to work their way out of poverty.

Mr Christie will learn to make Moderator's Mochas and other hot drinks at the Olive Tree Cafe in St George's West Church ahead of Christian Aid Week (15-21 May).

And he didn't get elected..

WHEN it came to election leaflets, the Lib Dems did not so much target voters as deluge them.

But sometimes the flood of literature proved counterproductive - none more so than in the case of the woman who got a card through the door from the Royal Mail saying there was an item at the collection office for her, on which proper postage had not been paid.

Imagine her delight when she handed over 1.36 only to find the item was yet another appeal from Edinburgh Central Lib Dem candidate Alex Cole-Hamilton. Another vote lost.

No need to be afraid

IT'S a date generally associated with bad luck - and now the curse of Friday the 13th will be put to the test at an event to debunk superstitions.

The Edinburgh Dungeon is challenging superstitious people to confront their beliefs by walking under ladders, hanging horseshoes upside down and letting black cats cross their path.

And just in case anyone think they's taking the easy options, staff and visitors will also be smashing mirrors, opening umbrellas indoors and spilling a giant barrel of salt.

Dungeon manager Alex Blackman said: "We plan to prove once and for all that there's nothing unlucky about Friday the 13th, so we're planning a mass superstition-bashing event."